Late at night, Chen Jinye returned to the courtyard with the rice bag on his back and looked at Hongling's room, the corners of his mouth were gently hooked, and then he returned to his room, and after a little washing, he lay on the bed, and the night was dawning......

When Hongling woke up from her sleep, she saw that she was still wearing a man's clothes, and she was a little puzzled for a moment, didn't she follow Chen Jinye to the kitchen to steal rice yesterday, why didn't she remember many details in her impression, what was going on with her own outfit, how could I sleep with my clothes? Don't...... I slept on the eaves last night?

Thinking of this, Hong Ling suddenly couldn't guard against a spirit, if this was the case, wouldn't he have burdened Chen Jinye, and made the people unable to eat delicious rice, Hong Ling swallowed her saliva slowly, and rushed out without caring about washing her loose hair, but as soon as she walked to the middle of the courtyard, she found that the two little maids in the courtyard were busy in the hall, and Hong Ling quickly hid behind the pillars of the courtyard when she thought that she was still wearing men's clothes.

At a glance, Chen Jinye's room was on the side of the pillar where she was hiding, Hong Ling secretly glanced at the little maids in the hall, and hurriedly rushed into Chen Jinye's room when they turned around.

Hongling entered neatly and then quickly closed the door, during which she did not forget to check whether the maids had found herself through the crack in the door, and saw that it was very peaceful outside, Hongling let out a long sigh of relief, and slowly turned around.

This turn was met by Chen Jinye's inquiring eyes.

"Ling'er, what is this?"

Hongling lowered her head weakly, and raised her head slightly for half a minute to look at Chen Jinye's face, although he didn't have any smile on his face at the moment, but it seemed that he slept very well yesterday, so his eyebrows were very harmonious, Hongling pulled out a smile, and walked a few steps in front of Chen Jinye as if flattering, and then found a comfortable position to sit down, and said: "Ling'er is very concerned about the prince, and I want to come over to see it when I get up in the morning, I want to come and see if the prince was so tired yesterday, do you still feel very tired today?" ”。

The Hong Ling in front of her didn't wipe her face and didn't comb her hair, and the crown hair with men's clothes was also crookedly hanging to the side, and the broken hair of the sideburns was also waving in all directions.

Chen Jinye only felt that he was a ghost, and he only took her to Xicheng for less than four days, every time he saw her, he was very happy in his heart, this is indeed a bit abnormal, thinking so, Chen Jinye raised his eyebrows slightly, and if he goes on like this, how can he be worthy of Yu Fangfei, who is waiting by his side in the palace without regrets.

"Why did you suddenly come to my room, do you know that men and women have different courtesies?"

Chen Jinye's sudden temper made Hong Ling feel a little inexplicable, it was clear that she was fine before, why did she suddenly change her face, Hong Ling puffed her cheeks slightly, and then she came down and said: "It's nothing else, I just want to ask you, did we steal rice yesterday?" ”。

Speaking of this, Chen Jinye's mind suddenly appeared with the appearance of her pillowing in his arms, his heart shrank slightly, the roots of his ears were slightly red, and even the eyes looking at Hongling became a little unnatural.

Seeing this, Hong Ling furrowed her eyebrows in annoyance, it seemed that yesterday's plan to steal rice was a failure nine times out of ten, and then thinking of Chen Jinye's expression and tone, Hong Ling guessed that it must be because she fell asleep and accidentally revealed that she did not steal rice, thinking about this, Hong Ling became more and more guilty in her heart.

"I'm sorry"

Seeing her say this with her head slightly downcast, Chen Jinye removed her eyes and covered the teacup in front of her, took a sip slightly, and said, "I stole the rice back."

"Really?"

Chen Jinye bowed his head firmly, then got up and took out the rice bag from the cabinet in the corner of the room and gave it to Hongling, "Believe it!" ”。

Hongling immediately became excited, "How did we steal it, why don't I have any memory at all?" ”。

Seeing her expectant face waiting for the award, Chen Jinye couldn't help laughing, and then sighed slowly, playing with taste: "Yesterday, this king saw that Ling'er girl slept very steadily, how did this king take you to jump up and down in the mansion without seeing the intention of being sober, thinking that Ling'er's complexion is so good today is also inseparable from the fact that this king is turning over in the mansion behind your back."

Hong Ling blinked slightly, slowly staggered Chen Jinye's eyes, it turned out that she really fell asleep yesterday, thinking that Hong Ling secretly glanced at Chen Jinye again, and her heart gradually became a little weak, so she said slowly: "It's not too early, I... Go back to the room first to wash and wash, change clothes, the prince has worked hard for a long time, it is better to rest for a while, Ling'er will not bother."

After that, Hong Ling hurriedly got up and jumped out of the door, Chen Jinye smiled helplessly, but there was a trace of loss in his heart, he didn't know where this loss came from, so he slowly shook his head again, and then paced towards the hall.

When Hongling came out of the room after picking up, Chen Jinye had already drunk almost half a pot of tea in the hall, and the two hurriedly had breakfast and then sent off the two maids, and Chen Jinye also carried the big half bag of rice and Hongling to the street together.

The morning sun was just right, the golden light sprinkled on the people, Bai Ju slowly opened his eyes and yawned towards the sun, and the people also woke up from their dreams one after another, Xiao Si slowly opened his eyes and stretched comfortably.

Chen Jinye and Hongling slowly walked from a distance under the reflection of the morning sun, and Xiao Si squinted for a while before he looked at the figures of the two of them from the backlight, and cheered: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the girl are here!" ”。

Hearing Xiao Si's voice, everyone hurriedly and respectfully stood up from the ground and waited in the direction of Chen Jinye.

"Meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Everyone saluted Chen Jinye in unison, Chen Jinye waved his hand calmly, and everyone stood up and straightened up, only to see Chen Jinye slightly raise most of the bag of rice in his hand, and said: "Today, everyone migrated to the Xicheng River together and shared this bag of rice!" ”。

Chen Jinye's words made everyone suddenly have hope in their hearts, and after Zhang Luo washed up, Bai Ju took the lead in gathering everyone and marching towards Xicheng River together.

For most of the day, the people walked and stopped, all the way to rely on the leftover fish and meat roasted yesterday to satisfy their hunger, the young and the old and weak put each other on their backs, supporting and slowly moving forward, Chen Jinye and Hongling put the rice bags on the carriage, so that the weak women, children and the elderly took turns to rest in the carriage, and the two followed the army all the way.

From the morning sun to the scorching sun, when the sun set, everyone finally arrived at the bank of the Xicheng River.

The craftsmen saw the crowd coming towards this side from a distance, and they were very excited, and they were secretly excited in their hearts, and murmured in a low voice: "Finally, I have come to help...... Finally ......".

Bai Ju led the people to stop on the flat ground where the craftsmen were stationed, Chen Jinye and Hongling slowly followed from the back of the crowd, and the leading craftsman hurriedly kowtowed excitedly: "Minister, the head of the Song craftsman bows to His Royal Highness the Prince."

Chen Jinye slowly helped the excited Song craftsman up and said, "These are the suffering people in Xicheng, you should be grateful to them."

I saw that the head of the Song craftsman had tears in his eyes, trembling and slowly turning to the direction of the people, his hands were slightly folded in the shape of arched hands, and he said with sincere feelings: "I, the head of the Song craftsman, thank you for coming to support, with everyone's help, Lao Song and I will die in this Xicheng River, and I will never let the water break the embankment again!" ”。

Seeing this, an old man among the people shouted, "We believe in you!" As soon as the words fell, everyone deeply echoed and shouted: "We believe in you, Lao Song!" ”。

After a simple and short acquaintance with each other, Lao Song took everyone to build two more big wooden houses on the flat ground and settled them by gender, and when the men built the wooden houses together, the women spontaneously began to prepare dinner, Chen Jinye took out his rice and handed it to the woman, saying: "Just make it thick today, everyone has worked hard."

"But this rice ......"

The woman's face was a little embarrassed, although this rice is enough to steam rice for three meals, but it is a scarce material after all, if you steam the rice generously, I am afraid that you will not even be able to eat porridge in the future.

Chen Jinye didn't understand the woman's concerns, but Hongling was very clear, so she immediately answered: "Auntie, you can cook with peace of mind, we will find a chance to find some more, everyone is tired today, it's okay to eat better."

After listening to Hongling's words, the woman felt a little relieved, and poured out a small half bag of rice in the rice bag, which was enough for everyone to eat, and then the craftsmen handed over the big fish they had caught to the women, and with the seasonings brought by the craftsmen, a delicious meal soon exuded a rich fragrance and spread among the crowd.

Different from the past, when the people smelled the fragrance of the food, their eyes no longer emitted green light as they did at the beginning, Hongling hooked the corners of her mouth with relief, and Chen Jinye looked at Hongling, and the corners of her mouth were also hooked......

While people were indulging in the delicacies, Lao Song slowly got up and sat down beside Chen Jinye, lowered his rough voice a little, and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, now that the personnel have arrived, it is better to take this opportunity to distribute the people a little, so as to prevent chaos during work tomorrow."

Chen Jinye bowed slightly, and said, "You can arrange it, you don't need to worry about me."

After getting Chen Jinye's approval, Lao Song slowly stood up when everyone's dinner was about to take place, and glanced at the craftsmen under him, so the craftsmen gathered in the middle of the crowd, and everyone also put down the dishes and chopsticks in their hands and looked at Lao Song standing in the center.

"Fellow villagers, these ten or so people are all craftsmen sent from Wangcheng to build the dam, we will build it together tomorrow, my old Song wants to take this opportunity to integrate everyone into their hands, and then you can directly listen to the words of the leading craftsman if you have any questions."

After that, the people were all in favor of it, and it took a moment to divide the people into three parts, one of which was responsible for following the craftsmen to build the dam, and was composed mainly of men in the prime of life; One part is responsible for the food of the people, and is mainly composed of women; The remaining part, mainly the frail and old age, is mainly responsible for keeping the camp.